Welsh, 66, believes the former first minister was wrong in her attempts to allow people to self-identify as women while she ...

Edinburgh Festival is great but I’m more excited about Hibs - Reality is Not Enough, a documentary about the Trainspotting author and his take on consciousness, will close the International Film ...

Writers reveals the impact of his father dying when he was in his twenties and how his mum kept his 'ego' in check after he found success.

The writer Irvine Welsh, actor Hugh Bonneville, comedian Michael Palin and former politician Nick Clegg have been confirmed ...

Irvine Welsh’s films and television shows have been filmed in Glasgow, and he has a strong relationship with venues in the ...

Irvine Welsh has had a highly formative influence on a whole generation’s love of music, perhaps as much as their love of ...

The author has now written a sequel, picking up where Trainspotting left off and catching up with the exploits of the gang. The writer speaks to Katie Razzall about class, the way music influences his ...

Reality Is Not Enough, Edinburgh International Film Festival. Sng controls and presents his material well, though it’s Irvine Welsh’s ...

The 66-year-old Trainspotting author tells Scotland Tonight he doesn't dwell on leaving a legacy and explains why he doesn't ...

Men in Love, a doorstopper nodding to DH Lawrence, is a proper, traditional novel, intricately weaving multiple lives and ...

Having already written a prequel and several sequels to his scabrous 1993 debut, Irvine Welsh has returned once more to the adventures of Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie, like a habit he just can’t ...

Irvine Welsh's drama Crime left viewers 'curious' about the transgender plot, two months after the actor said criticism of JK Rowling left him 'deeply uncomfortable'.